* small stream Flood Advisory for... west central Moffat County in northwestern Colorado... northeastern Uintah County in northeastern Utah...

* until 630 PM MDT

* at 334 PM MDT... Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding in the advisory area... including Dinosaur National Monument. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen.

* Flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Moffat and northeastern Uintah counties and over Dinosaur National Monument just west of the Colorado state line. Smaller creeks and streams feeding the green and Yampa rivers will be susceptible to flooding.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Garden Creek... ... Cottonwood Creek... Jones Hole creek and South Fork Cub Creek.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated... or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. Do not attempt to travel across flooded roads. Find alternate routes. It takes only a few inches of swiftly flowing water to carry vehicles away.

Lat... Lon 4058 10901 4046 10896 4040 10922 4053 10924

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Public Information Statement

Statement as of 1:17 PM MDT on August 02, 2015

The following are preliminary 24 prainfaill reports from westernColorado and eastern Utah, ending Sunday morning at the time notedwith each report. Amounts are in inches.